Rhonda, Bella and I returned home from Florida on Tuesday the 27th.  We went to Clearwater Beach for our friend Marci and Todd’s wedding, and turned it into a week long vacation.  You can check out the first part of our trip blog post and pictures here.

On Saturday evening, we went to the rehearsal on the beach, and it was beautiful.  Bella walked down the beach hand in hand with the ring bearers, Josiah and Carson.  It was awesome.  But by Sunday evening, thunderstorms had destroyed any hope of a beach wedding.  Luckily, the bride and groom just wanted to get married (after 8 years!), so we quickly moved everyone to the restaurant where the reception was held and did the ceremony there instead.  Their vows were moving, and it was great to see them finally married.

On Monday, we ventured up to Orlando and spent some time in the Magic Kingdom.  Bella did not like the characters, and I don’t know if she smiled all day.  But we could tell that she like it because her eyes were peeled, just taking it all in.  We got to stay at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando thanks to one of my new friends, mister priceline.com.  We had never stayed in any hotel that was that amazing.  We were only there for Monday night, but we got a late checkout and were able to go swim under the waterfalls and go down the water slides in one of their 3 pools.

Then, we drove back to Tampa and flew back to the west coast.  Bella did great on the flights.  She never got too noisy, and the take-offs and landings didn’t even phase her.  If you’d like to see some pictures and comments, click read more!